Galaxy evolution is a driven by a myriad of processes on different scales from cosmology to molecular clouds. Over the past century, ever more sensitive telescope instruments were built to enable sharper, deeper observations of faint, distant galaxies. Astronomers are now able to routinely survey the gaseous and stellar content of hundreds of galaxies, and scrutinize how galaxies form stars. In this talk, I will describe current ideas about how galaxies form and evolve, and will outline the anticipated discoveries with upcoming facilities like the James Webb Space Telescope and the Gemini Infrared Multi-Object Spectrograph.